Select EssaysR. Phillips, 1800 - 264 Seiten |
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... Achilles , or any other of those heroes , than Homer ? Nay , said Alexander ; I should choose to surpass by many degrees both Achilles and the rest . For I neither look upon you as inferior to Peleus , nor Macedo- nia as less powerful ...
... Achilles , or any other of those heroes , than Homer ? Nay , said Alexander ; I should choose to surpass by many degrees both Achilles and the rest . For I neither look upon you as inferior to Peleus , nor Macedo- nia as less powerful ...
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... Achilles ; as the means of a speedier termination to the siege of Troy ( r ) . He has shown , moreover , the great utility of eloquence in another place . When the Greeks were at length wearied of the expedition from the tediousness of ...
... Achilles ; as the means of a speedier termination to the siege of Troy ( r ) . He has shown , moreover , the great utility of eloquence in another place . When the Greeks were at length wearied of the expedition from the tediousness of ...
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... Achilles , during his secession from the war , in the camp of the Græcians ( r ) , not singing the ditties of effeminacy and love , though under the influ- ence , at that time , of a strong passion for Bri- seis ; but playing on the ...
... Achilles , during his secession from the war , in the camp of the Græcians ( r ) , not singing the ditties of effeminacy and love , though under the influ- ence , at that time , of a strong passion for Bri- seis ; but playing on the ...
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... Achilles , that prince was not only an object of his admiration , but of jealousy , as the hero of Homer's poem : like children of ambitious spirit , jealous of any companion more caressed than they by their superiors . But he was not ...
... Achilles , that prince was not only an object of his admiration , but of jealousy , as the hero of Homer's poem : like children of ambitious spirit , jealous of any companion more caressed than they by their superiors . But he was not ...
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... Achilles slain , The river swept him to the briny main . There , whelm'd with waves , the gaudy warriour lies : The valiant victor seiz'd the golden prize . A just ridicule on his finery and folly , for holding out , as it were , an ...
... Achilles slain , The river swept him to the briny main . There , whelm'd with waves , the gaudy warriour lies : The valiant victor seiz'd the golden prize . A just ridicule on his finery and folly , for holding out , as it were , an ...
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